Dazzle: The Billionaire's Secret Surrogate

“No more than you have to say to Archer, at any rate,” Kady smirked. “Unless of course you’d like to go back up there and tell the woman we’ve made a mistake.”

“Only you made a mistake, lady,” Mia smirked. “I never signed up to see Archer at all.”

“Then what’s up with that guy?”

“He was just supposed to get you to leave,” she said sullenly.

Kady returned to the window. “Could you cancel the visit with Parker and make it with Archer instead, by any chance?” she asked hopefully.

“Sorry, if you want to see Archer you’ll have to wait an hour to sign back in,” said the woman. “The computer updates every two minutes and the batch already went through.”

“Well, you could still cancel the visit with Parker though, right?”

“Yes, I’ll do that,” she said. “And before you ask, you’ll have to wait an hour before he can be seen despite her cancelling. There’s nothing I can do about it.”

“Thanks, ma’am,” Kady smirked. “I’ll be back in about an hour then.”

“You bitch!” Mia screamed angrily. The thin veneer of civility and sanity lost completely as her face twisted in expression of utter hatred.

“Careful, Mia, you’re not even supposed to come within five hundred feet of me,” Kady reminded her. “If I were you, I’d leave before the report I’m about to make gets filed. And don’t be too surprised if they come pick you up sometime in the near future for violation. Have a great day.”

Both Mia and her phony security guard turned and tried to head for the door, but found it blocked by the guy who was actually supposed to be there. Kady nodded to her old friend Ben, who had gotten a job there about two months ago, and he smiled back at her before turning very serious expressions on the two would-be visitors and guard. “What’s going on in here?”

“That woman there isn’t supposed to be anywhere near me, that’s what,

” said Kady as she pointed Mia out. “She was trying to get that guard to say she made an appointment with Archer and keep me out, but I knew better and stopped them. Thanks to her, I have to wait an hour before I can even see him. She’s violating a restraining order being anywhere near me. I’m about to go next door and report her.”

“Oh, don’t bother with that,” he said. “If you have the order, I can just have a couple officers come here and take her and her friend directly to jail.”

Smirking even more, Kady took the order out of her purse and showed it to him. Ben stepped over to one of the phones and presses a button. “I need a couple officers over here please.”

“Hey, what’s going on?” Mia demanded shrilly. “Why are you blocking the door?”

“Looks like it’s my turn today,” Kady told her, and she couldn’t help the surge of glee at finally getting the upper hand. She knew it was only a matter of time before Mia messed up, and tripped herself in her own tangled web of lies and deceit.

“Miss Ross, I’ll need you to wait till they get here to show them the order and let them know what just happened,” said Ben in official tones. “You probably could just have a seat. I’ll keep these two right here. It should only be a couple minutes.”

“Thank you, Ben,” Kady said, doing as he said.

Soon after, a pair of cops stepped in, cuffed the two, and took them away. Ben came and gave the order paperwork back to Kady. “They said there was no need to trouble you any further. You’ll be expected to appear at court at the time listed on this slip. You enjoy your visit now, okay?”

“I will,” Kady answered with a smile. Finally, she thought. Finally, a bit of payback of my own!

Chapter 36

Athena sent Archer’s lawyer and Robert with Kady to court two days later. She was dressed up importantly and she walked confidently into the room. All eyes and a few cameras were on her as she went. A murmur erupted throughout the courtroom as she stood before the judge until he said she could be seated.

“Thank you, Your Honor,” she replied as she did so.

“On the surface, this case seems pretty cut and dried,” the judge said. “Miss Chong has been harassing Miss Ross, and there is an order of protection in place barring Miss Chong from approaching Miss Ross. However, Miss Chong’s witnesses have seen Miss Ross punch her in the face on more than one occasion, and that brings up a troubling matter. I understand you’d like to file charges for assault, Miss Chong?”

“It was self-defense both times!” Kady protested hotly.

“Let me handle this, Miss Ross, please,” said the lawyer as he stood up. “Your Honor, if it pleases the court, I believe Miss Ross is correct. I am aware of both incidents. The first was the event which prompted the need for the order, while the second was clearly instigated by actions taken by Miss Chong which were in clear violation of that order.”

“The court hereby mandates that the restraining order shall now work both ways,” said the judge. “Each woman is hereby ordered to stay away from the other.”

“Sir, Miss Ross always visits Archer Devonshire on Wednesdays, and she would like that to continue,” said the lawyer. “Could it be put into the document somehow that Miss Chong refrain from visiting on that day, and Miss Ross will agree to attend only on a Wednesday so there’s no danger of violating the order? She has no desire whatsoever to seek out Miss Chong for any reason.”